| Many times external influences affect us | | | | emotions. |
| tremendously. Take an example- Suppose you had | | | | Most of us have trouble in handling over our inner child |
| disturbed childhood with a mother who made you feel | | | | to our adult self. The child does not want to leave |
| real fear. Now what happens when you meet | | | | control. Our inner child comes in full picture when we |
| somebody who looks like your mother? | | | | are observing something beautiful or sad. |
| The child in you reacts with a feeling of fear, which, | | | | When we allow our adult to control the body, we |
| from childhood, you have learned not to reveal, so, no | | | | become logical in thinking. We do not run away from a |
| one will notice your inner reaction; but you know it's | | | | rope thinking that it is a snake, but we try to find out if |
| there. At the same time, the adult in you is sure that | | | | it is a rope or snake. Adult does not react to emotions. |
| this is a different person who you need not fear. But | | | | Adult makes judgment, which is logical. |
| this causes lot of disturbance in your mind. The past | | | | Our inner parent behaves like our own parents. If your |
| memories and the present awareness are in conflict. | | | | think carefully you will find that you behave like your |
| The child who feared mother is in conflict with your | | | | parents many times. This is because your adult is in |
| adult who says that child need not fear. Burt this | | | | control. This parent needs to be replaced by adult. |
| meeting brings in childhood memories that are very | | | | When we react to anything external we should find |
| bad and upsets your balance of mind and peace. | | | | out who is reacting. Whether it is child, parent or adult. If |
| All of us a inner child, an adult and a parent in us. If our | | | | adult is in control he/she can handle the situation in |
| adult is in control, it looks at everything logically, but if | | | | logical and mature manner. |
| our parent or child is in control we are guided more by | | | | |